Frame assembly for reflective cabinet door

ABSTRACT

A frame assembly for a reflective cabinet door includes at least two vertical strips, two transverse strips and one supporting strip; in particular to a frame co-extruded by rigid and soft plastic providing cushion and protect against slippage. 
     The vertical strip and transverse strip both have an embedding area. The embedding area has a gap, and cushion bars are arranged to two side of an inlet of the gap. The supporting strip is transversely fixed between two vertical strips by screws so as to provide support to the frame. A transparent or reflective plate which can also be any plate having a reflective surface is embedded into the gaps of the vertical strips and the transverse strips, and the cushion bars will provide cushion and protection against vibration and slippage. The frame can be slid along an upper and lower guide in a cabinet through sliding components arranged to four corners of the frame. In addition, the frame can be applied to a door plate or a partition plate of a cabinet.

FIELD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

The present invention relates to reflective cabinet door frame, and particular to a frame co-extruded by rigid and soft plastic providing cushion and protect against slippage.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART

For the purpose of effective space usage, a closet 10 in a bedroom usually has a reflective plate 12 arranged to a closet door 11 for dressing as shown in FIG. 1. Such arrangement is great and suits the need but still has few disadvantages. Firstly, prior frame of the reflective plate made by electroplate metal or painted metal will have rustiness issue. Secondly, metal have a cold appearance especially in winter time. Thirdly, children might get hurt by rigid metal. And fourthly, heavy metal frame will cause trouble while transferring or assembling.

SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION

Accordingly, the primary object of the present invention is to provide a reflective cabinet door frame made by co-extrusion with rigid and soft plastic. Plastic is not as rigid as metal to hold the plate, but the soft face of the extruded frame will provide cushion and protection against slippage and breakage. The rigid frame and soft cushion made by co-extrusion will overcome the weakness of plastic.

To achieve above object, the present invention provides a door frame including two vertical strips, two transverse strips and at least one supporting strip. The long vertical strip and transverse strip both have an embedding area. The embedding area has a gap, and cushion bars are arranged to two side of an inlet of the gap. The supporting strip is transversely fixed between two vertical strips by screws so as to provide support to the frame. A transparent or reflective plate which can also be any plate having a reflective surface is embedded into the gaps of the vertical strips and the transverse strips, and the cushion bars will provide cushion and protection against vibration and slippage.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a prior closet.

FIG. 2 is a plain view showing a mirror frame of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross section view showing a vertical strip of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross section view through an A-A line in the FIG. 2 showing an embedded reflective plate in the vertical strip of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a cross section view showing a transverse strip of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross section view through an B-B line in the FIG. 2 showing the embedded reflective plate in the transverse strip of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a cross section view through an C-C line in the FIG. 2 showing the supporting strip of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a prospective view showing the present invention arranged in a cabinet.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In order that those skilled in the art can further understand the present invention, a description will be provided in the following in details. However, these descriptions and the appended drawings are only used to cause those skilled in the art to understand the objects, features, and characteristics of the present invention, but not to be used to confine the scope and spirit of the present invention defined in the appended claims.

With reference to FIG. 2, the present invention includes two vertical strip 20, two transverse strips 30, and at least one supporting strip 40. All the strips are extruded by plastic. A rectangular mirror frame A is formed by the two vertical strips 20 and the two transverse strips 30, and a reflective plate 50 is embedded within the mirror frame A.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, the cross section views of the long vertical strip 20 are illustrated. An embedding area 21 is formed to an inner side of the vertical strip 20. The embedding area has a gap 22, and cushion bars 23 are arranged to two side of an inlet of the gap 22. The cushion bars 23 are formed integral to the vertical strip 20 by co-extrusion, and the cushion bars 23 are made by softer plastic. A concave portion 24 is formed to a front side of the vertical strip 20, and the rear side of the concave portion 24 protrudes into the embedding area 21. The concave portion 24 can be stirred by finger. An outer lateral side of the vertical strip 20 has a curve edge 25 which can provide support to the concave portion 24. Therefore, the reflective plate 50 is embedded into the gap 22 with a predetermined depth. A width of the gap 22 is smaller than a thickness of the reflective plate 50 so that the embedding area 21 can hold the reflective plate 50. The concave portion 24 will push against the reflective plate 50 so that the cushion bars 23 will also hold the reflective plate 50 and provide cushion and protection against vibration and slippage.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the cross section views of the long transverse strip 30 are illustrated. An inner side of the transverse strip 30 has an embedding area 31. The embedding are 31 has a gap 32, and cushion bars 33 are arranged to two sides of an inlet of the gap 32. The cushion bars 33 are formed integral to the transverse strip 30 by co-extrusion, and the cushion bars 33 are made by softer plastic. An outer side of the transverse strip 30 has a curve edge 34 which can provide support to the transverse strips 30. Therefore, the reflective plate 50 is embedded into the gap 32 with a predetermined depth. A width of the gap 32 is smaller than the thickness of the reflective plate 50 so that the embedding area 31 can hold the reflective plate 50. The concave portion 34 will push against the reflective plate 50 so that the cushion bars 33 will also hold the reflective plate 50 and provide cushion and protection against vibration and slippage.

Referring to FIG. 7, a cross section view of the long supporting strip 40 is illustrated. A cushion belt 41 is arranged to a lateral side of the supporting strip 40. The cushion belt 41 is formed integral to the supporting strip 40 by co-extrusion, and the cushion belt 41 is made by a softer plastic. The supporting strip 40 can be transversely fixed between two vertical strips 20 by screw so as to provide support to the mirror frame A formed by the vertical strip 20 and the transverse strip 30. The cushion belt 41 can push against the reflective plate 50 so as to make the reflective plate 50 stable.

Through the above structure, the mirror frame A can be formed by two vertical strips 20 and two transverse strips 30. The supporting strip 40 fixed between the two vertical strips 20 will firm up the mirror frame A. The reflective plate 50 can be embedded into the gaps 22, 32 of the embedding area 21, 31 of the vertical strip 20 and the transverse strip 30. By the smaller widths of the gaps 22 and 32 than the thickness of the reflective plate 50, the embedded reflective plate 50 will be held stably by the vertical strip 20 and the transverse strip 30. Also, the cushion bars 23 and 33 will provide cushion and protection against vibration and slippage.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 8, the mirror frame A formed by two vertical strips 20 and two transverse strips 30 has a sliding component 60 on four corners thereof. On a top and a bottom of a cabinet 70, an upper guide 71 and a lower guide 72 engaging the sliding components 60 are arranged so that the reflective plate 50 and the mirror frame A can be slid along the guides 71 and 72 in the cabinet by user. By pushing the concave portion 24 of the vertical strip 20, the mirror frame A is easily moved away to access the cabinet 70. The above sliding component is a preferable embodiment of the present invention. The reflective plate 50 and the mirror frame A can also be a door plate or a partition plate of the cabinet. The reflective plate 50 can be a transparent or reflective plate such as mirror, glass, and plastic or stainless steel having a reflective surface.

Therefore, by the assembly of the present invention holding the reflective plate 50 through the cushion bars 23 and 33 in the gaps 22 and 32 of the embedding areas 21 and 31 of the vertical strip 20 and transverse strip 30 respectively, the reflective plate 50 is protected against vibration and slippage so as to ensure a safety.

The present invention is thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims. 

1. A frame assembly for a reflective cabinet door comprising: two long vertical strips co-extruded by rigid and soft plastic; the vertical strip having an embedding area on an inner lateral side thereof; the embedding area having a gap, and cushion bars being arranged to two inner sides of an inlet of the gap; the cushion bars being formed integral to the vertical strip by co-extrusion, and the cushion bars being made by softer plastic; a concave portion being formed to a front side of the vertical strip for being pushed, and a rear side of the concave portion protruding into the embedding area; an outer lateral side of the vertical strip having a curve edge which will provide support to the concave portion; two transverse strips extruded by plastic; the transverse strip having an embedding area on a bottom thereof; the embedding area having a gap, and cushion bars being arranged to two inner sides of an inlet of the gap; the cushion bars being formed integral to the transverse strip by co-extrusion, and the cushion bars being made by softer plastic; at least one long supporting strip extruded by plastic; a transparent or reflective plate having a reflective surface; wherein a rectangular frame is formed by two vertical strips and two transverse strips and the supporting strip transversely fixed between two vertical strips by screws so as to provide support to the frame; the reflective plate will be embedded into the gaps of the vertical strips and the transverse strips; by the smaller widths of the gaps than a thickness of the reflective plate, the embedded reflective plate will be held stably; the concave portion will push against a surface of the reflective plate so that cushion bars will hold the reflective plate and provide cushion and protection against vibration and slippage.
 2. The frame assembly for a reflective cabinet door as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cushion belt is arranged to a lateral side of the supporting strip; the cushion belt is formed integral to the supporting strip by co-extrusion, and the cushion belt is made by a softer plastic; the cushion belt will push against the reflective plate so as to hold the reflective plate stably.
 3. The frame assembly for a reflective cabinet door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame formed by two vertical strips, two transverse strips and one supporting strip has a sliding component on each four corners thereof; an upper guide and a lower guide engaging the sliding components are arranged to a top and a bottom of a cabinet so that the reflective plate and the frame will be slid along the guides in the cabinet. 